Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1941. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff tan wrappers. 190pp. Numerous line drawings, tables, illustrations, maps (one foldout). Very good. Age toning to outer wrappers (only) and more so to spine, else tight and internally fine; military ownership signature on front wrapper. Attractive first edition of..... More
Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, 1943. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan and burgundy cloth. 240pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color). Very good. Mildest bit of soiling. Tight, nice later printing (fourth printing, 28th edition) of this standard"Handbook for the Everyday Photographer" -- from the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN..... More
N.p. Eastman Kodak Company, 1954. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 33pp. Numerous illustrations (many color). Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear -- overall tight, clean and quite nice. First edition of this "how to" on making color slides. From the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008)..... More
N.p. Eastman Kodak Company, 1955. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 33pp. Numerous illustrations (many color). Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear -- overall tight, clean and quite nice. First edition of this "how to" on using this new color film, with the nifty and usually-absent heavy card stock..... More
New York. E. Leitz, Inc., 1954. Paperback. 8vo. Red wrappers. 71pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Die-punched along left edge, as issued; mild wear to outer wrappers (only). Delightful guide to all of this camera manufacturer's products, big and small. From the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) of..... More
[New York]: Time-Life Books, 1970. Paperback. Narrow small 8vo. Stiff wrappers, spiralbound. 64pp. Numerous illustrations. Good plus. Some wear to wrappers, but basically tight and decent. Second printing of this nifty little volume in the "Life Library of Photography" series -- from the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN..... More
New York: Macmillan, [1996]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter khaki cloth with gilt spine lettering and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 182pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color). Fine/fine. Front pastedown ownership signature. Pristine first edition of this study of the groundbreaking female photographer who lived with and photographed..... More
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1971. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. viii, 120pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, graphs. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Later (5th) printing, tight and nice. The second volume in the "Morgan & Morgan Basic Photo Series." More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Blue leatherette, pictorial dust jacket. 207pp. Numerous color illustrations. Near fine/very good. Single short tear (archivally closed on verso) on otherwise-handsome jacket. First edition of this superb photo collection. More
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1940. Hardcover. 16mo. Black leatherette. 110pp. Well illustrated. Very good. First edition. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Hardcover. Folio. Glossy paper over boards, original clear acetate wrapper, slipcase. 151pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/near fine/very good. Quite minor slipcase wear; ownership signature on rear flyleaf. Tight and quite lovely first edition of the first book by the fashion and portrait photographer (1924-2003)..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1976]. Hardcover. 4to. White cloth with grey spine lettering, dust jacket. Extensive full-page illustrations (3 foldouts). Very good/very good. Touch of foxing to top 1" of otherwise near fine binding and top page edges; jacket faintly age toned; tiny abrasion to one image (only)..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1981]. Hardcover. Photographs by Jonas Dovydenas. 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 221pp. Numerous illustrations (most color). Fine/near fine. First edition of this spectacularly illustrated pictorial tour (interior and exterior) through many of Chicago's finest homes -- signed boldly by both author and photographer..... More
N.p. Barton K. Battaile, [1974]. Hardcover. 4to. Yellow pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 160pp. Extensive illustrations. Fine/near fine. Ownership signature/date on front flyleaf. A superb, tight first edition of this pictorial chronicle of Lexington's early years. Rather uncommon, especially in this choice condition. Errata sheet (here labeled..... More
Beijing, China: Forbidden City Publishing House, [1995]. Hardcover. 4to. Pale green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 327pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Near fine/near fine. Front pastedown ownership signature. Second printing of this exhaustively-pictorial photography collection depicting Chinese royals over many decades as you've never seen them, with text in..... More
Berlin: Globus Verlag, n.y. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. First title beige cloth with large, detailed front board pictorial stamping in black, grey and gold; second title grey cloth spine and pictorial paper over boards. (Ca. 75pp); 58pp. Extensive full-page photographs, captioned entirely in German. Very good. Boards a bit edgeworn..... More
Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1953. Paperback. Small 4to. Black blind-embossed French-style wrappers with tipped-on tinted front cover label over boards. 81pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Slight edgewear to wrappers, couple of archivally closed (on verso) edge tears. Handsome reproductions of French cabinet card nudes in a variety of quaint..... More
Lisse, Netherlands: Rebo Productions, [1998]. Hardcover. 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 600pp. Extensive illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/fine. Handsome and tight first edition of this hefty photographic survey of WW2. More
Bangor, ME: Marion J. Bradshaw, [1944]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with green metallic lettering and gilt decorations. (Ca. 350pp). Frontispiece, extensive illustrations, 2 maps. Near fine. A tight, bright, handsome fifth printing of this 1941 photographic tribute to "The Pine Tree State," with each full-page photograph facing a paragraph..... More
Zagreb: Globus, 1986. Hardcover. Wide 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 211pp, (5pp). Extensive illustrations. Very good/very good. Tight, attractive first edition of this photographic portrait of the city of Zagreb. More
Dallas: Leisure Time Publishing, [1991]. Hardcover. Preface by Lloyd M. Bentsen. 4to. Grey and black cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 90pp. Numerous full-page color illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this unusual photography and poetry collection, handsome inscribed and signed in blue ink by the poet-photographer on front..... More
New York: Aperture Book, [1972]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with red lettering, pictorial dust jacket. (Ca. 75pp). Frontispiece, extensive full-page illustrations. Fine/near fine. Superb, tight and bright first edition of this slim selection of the famous photog's best Native American images. More
New York: Aperture Book, [1972]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with red lettering, pictorial dust jacket. (Ca. 75pp). Frontispiece, extensive full-page illustrations. Fine/near fine. Jacket spine faintly sunned. This tight and attractive first edition highlights the famous photog's best Native American images. More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, [1990]. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth spine and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 232pp. Numerous illustrations (many color), maps. Fine/fine. Nonauthorial gift inscription on half-title page. Superb and tight first edition of this unusual and compelling view of Illinois history. More
San Francisco: Cameron and Company, [1980]. Hardcover. Wide 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 159pp. Extensive color illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Cooke provides the introductory text to this sumptuous collection of Cameron's plentiful bird's-eye views. First edition, tight and lovely. More